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Within just a few weeks, your kitten will have a very secure sense of its place in the home, but you need to make sure that it has the basic items that she will need. These include:

A comfortable bed or sleeping area

Separate bowls for water and food

Brushes and combs for grooming

Toys to play with when you're not around

Litter box and litter

A cat carrier for those visits to the vet or any other travelling you plan

A scratching post – it will save your furniture big time

A collar and I.D. tags

Specially formulated kitten food

If you have other pets in the home, they may well resent this new stranger, so make sure you introduce them gradually – a few minutes at a time at first. And don’t leave them alone together in those early days – the tiny kitten is very vulnerable.

You should also make sure your kitten is safe from any misadventures by locking up harmful substances like cleaning agents or medicine.